Careers for Film Buffs and Other Hollywood

The only career series designed expressly to turn passions into paychecks!These inspiring books let career explorers look at the job market through the unique lens of their own interests. Each book reveals dozens of ways to pursue a passion and make a living--including the training and education needed to polish hobbies and interests into satisfying careers.

Jaq Greenspon lives in Venice, California, with his girlfriend, Ronnie, and two cats. In between novels, he entertains himself with a variety of hobbies. Greenspon also runs sound at The Groundlings Theatre and devotes himself to several humanitarian causes. This is his first nonfiction book, and he wrote it in the hope that no one else out there would go through the confusion he suffered when he first got involved with the film industry.

Acknowledgments

v

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1

(132)

Production

Making the Trains Run on Time

9

(22)

Camera and Sound

The Gift of Vision and Voice

31

(16)

Grip and Electric

A Light Touch

47

(10)

Art

Setting the Scene

57

(18)

Makeup and Costumes

Looking the Part

75

(10)

Animation

Drawing on Your Imagination

85

(14)

Special Effects

Lifelike ... Only More So

99

(24)

Editing

The Cutting Edge

123

(10)

On the Fringes

133

(20)

Glossary

153

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Careers for Film Buffs and Other Hollywood Types

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